The Clippers were without point guard Chris Paul, who fractured his left index finger in practice on Saturday. Paul missed Sunday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets.
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Zeller was 6-for-6 from the floor and added 10 rebounds…
Clippers guard Austin Rivers also suffered an injury on the team’s overseas trip, sustaining a mouth injury during practice Friday.
The wins and losses, they don’t matter right now.
Buzz City has not lost yet this preseason defeating the Orlando Magic (106-100) and the Miami Heat (90-77) in the first two outings.
Then in the second half, the offense went cold, with the team scoring only 39 points.
Charlotte will be playing against the Clippers without one of the team’s best defensive players in forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist who is set to be out for six months following a shoulder surgery earlier this week.
The first National Basketball Association player of Taiwanese descent, Lin was egged on by the sellout crowd in Shenzhen as the 27-year-old orchestrated the Hornets’ attack in his first National Basketball Association appearance in China.
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The injury was not considered serious and he was to be re-evaluated before Wednesday’s rematch in Shanghai.
